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Post by wilmywood8455 on Dec 14, 2021 4:29:42 GMT -8
Max Verstappen became the first Red Bull world champion for eight years with his dramatic and controversial victory in the Abu Dhabi season finale. Aside from Verstappen’s personal performances, it was the culmination of years of development from both the team and their power unit partner Honda. Together they have steadily eroded the previously dominant performance advantage of the Mercedes team. They have done so with a car – the RB16B – which has remained true to the team’s long-established high-rake aerodynamic concept. This was an extremely effective development of last season’s RB16 given the regulatory freeze restrictions put on everyone for 2021, announced last year in response to the economic challenges of the pandemic. Here are the major foundations upon which that amazing upgrade in performance were based.
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